Tag archives: Arts

Coco Dojo returns to Alexandre’s Friday, October 2, with Lei D. Kllr and Athena bringing house music to the Oak Lawn Gayborhood. No cover, 9 PM to 2 AM.

The first Oak Lawn Live took a community. Peter Pepper shares a personal thank-you to the volunteers, sponsors, artists, merchants, partners and Oak Lawn neighbors who helped bring the new music and arts festival to Cedar Springs.

By Mixed Majesty Floor Freedom Foundation was created to honor the roots of house and techno and the Black, Latino and LGBTQ+ communities that helped shape the culture. For me, MIX3D MAJ3STY is my own expression within that history. My sound leans into jazzy house, funky grooves, soulful moments and…

The Dallas Yarn Bombers are bringing their colorful knit and crochet street art to Oak Lawn, transforming Cedar Springs ahead of September’s Wine Walk, Pride celebrations and Oak Lawn Live.

For Mixed Majesty, house music has always felt like home. Ahead of the first Floor Freedom Found. night at Alexandre’s, the young DJ and producer reflects on music, identity, belonging, and creating something meaningful in Oak Lawn.

CSMA and Arttitude are launching Walls of Pride Oak Lawn Gayborhood, a public art initiative bringing large-scale murals, local artists, and LGBTQ+ storytelling to Cedar Springs.

Council Member Paul Ridley will host a Dallas budget town hall at Oak Lawn Library on August 13. Residents can address library funding, neighborhood branches, and the proposed flagship model.

The Oak Lawn Strip has always been shaped by the people who show up. On Tuesday, June 30, younger LGBTQ+ Dallas community members are invited to bring their ideas, questions, and vision to the Community Town Hall at Round-Up Saloon.

The Market on the Strip began with a simple goal: support the Oak Lawn community, uplift LGBTQ vendors, and help small businesses grow on Cedar Springs.

UPDATE: Monday, June 22nd, 2026 – Work is now underway to paint the Oak Lawn Library steps a progress rainbow. Painting should conclude sometime this week, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, June 27, 2026, with the City of Dallas, various departments, and local affiliates. Please make sure you attend….

If you’ve walked the Oak Lawn Strip lately, you’ve felt it: that stubborn, electric hum under the pavement. It’s the sound of a neighborhood that has been pushed and refused to stumble. Earlier this year, the rainbow crosswalks that welcomed thousands of feet to this corridor were scraped away. In…

July 30, 2026 – Today the Cedar Springs Merchant Association received an email from the Friends of Oak Lawn Library Branch with a projected timeline for the mural. In an email reviewed from Library Director Manya Shorr, she tells Councilperson Paul Ridley that the artists will start in early August….